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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fifty-Two through Fifty-Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the galley get safely into the harbor?
(a) Blackthorne pilots it.
(b) a freak wind saves it.
(c) another galley comes to haul it.
(d) the storm ceases.

2. Although he treats Blackthorne well, what does Mura believe?
(a) that the samurai will chop off his head.
(b) that the daimyo will order Blackthorne's execution.
(c) that he will become a slave of the shōgun.
(d) that he will be forced to fight a samurai.

3. What does Blackthorne suggest Toranaga intends to do with him and Mariko?
(a) sacrifice them.
(b) demote them.
(c) promote them.
(d) sell them.

4. What does Toranaga tell Gyoko about Kiku?
(a) he thinks she is Ishido's spy.
(b) he wants to buy her contract for himself.
(c) he wants to give her to Blackthorne.
(d) he wants to give her to Buntaro.

5. Why do many guards die on the way to the ship?
(a) they are attacked by tigers.
(b) they are attacked by peasants.
(c) they fall into the water.
(d) they are attacked by archers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prevents Blackthorne from killing himself?

2. Who is with Mariko when she dies?

3. What does Blackthorne do when he realizes he is not going to be executed?

4. When does Fujiko sleep?

5. Who has possession of the Erasmus?

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